Apple TV Plus’ anthology sequence of darkly comedian feminist fables additionally stars Cynthia Erivo and Merritt Wever, and is customized from Cecelia Ahern’s best-selling guide of the identical identify
Apple TV+ has introduced Roar, a brand new anthology sequence of darkly comedian feminist fables that may star Academy, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Nicole Kidman (Huge Little Lies, The Undoing); Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winner Cynthia Erivo (Widows, Harriet); Emmy Award-winner Merritt Wever (Unbelievable, New Woman); Golden Globe-nominee Alison Brie (Bojack Horseman); and, extra to be introduced quickly.
Along with starring, Kidman will government produce alongside Per Saari through Blossom Movies. Roar can be produced for Apple by Endeavor Content material.
Created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch (GLOW) and based mostly on a guide of 30 quick tales by Irish writer Cecelia Ahern, Roar is a set of eight, half-hour genre-bending episodes, detailing “the myriad methods by which girls overcome adversity with wit, resourcefulness and compassion,” as talked about on Ahern’s official web site for the guide.
“In issues starting from marriage and childrearing to politics and profession, the heroines of those thought-provoking tales confront issues each mysterious and mundane: one lady is tortured by sinister chew marks that seem on her pores and skin; one other is swallowed up by the ground throughout a mortifying presentation; one more resolves to return and trade her boring husband on the retailer the place she initially acquired him. As they wrestle with obstacles of all types, their actuality is formed by how others understand them — and finally, how they understand the ability inside themselves,” elaborates the web site.
Different anthologies
Roar will be a part of a rising lineup of Apple Authentic anthology sequence together with the award-nominated Little America. The brand new sequence will even make its international début on Apple TV+ alongside extremely anticipated female-led Apple Originals together with Bodily, a brand new dramedy from creator Annie Weisman and starring and government produced by Rose Byrne that may première this summer season; The Final Factor He Instructed Me starring Julia Roberts and written by Oscar winner Josh Singer and Laura Dave; Excessive Desert from creator and author Nancy Fichman and starring and government produced by Patricia Arquette; and Classes in Chemistry starring and government produced by Brie Larson and written and government produced by written by Susannah Grant.